The thematic initiative for 2016-2017 was Interpreting Displacements featuring programming in connection to the special exhibition Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning at the Harvard Art Museums. The exhibition brought together a deeply evocative constellation of recent works by Doris Salcedo, the renowned Colombian sculptor and visual artist known for her sculptures and public installations that respond to the testimonies of survivors and victims of political violence.